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1.
Towards increased resilience:
The role of social capital in inclusive
risk and disaster governance”
International Disaster Reduction
Conference
Davos, August 28, 2012
Ortwin Renn
Stuttgart University and
DIALOGIK gemeinnützige GmbH

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Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience
 Risk: Probability of a risk agent (hazard)
impacting on a risk absorbing system (target)
and causing specific extent of damage
 Vulnerability: The extent to which the risk
absorbing system reacts to the stress induced
by the risk agent
 Resilience: The extent to which the risk
absorbing system has the capacity to cope
with stress induced by the risk agent

4.
Vulnerability and Resilience
 Risk: Probability of a risk agent (hazard)
impacting on a risk absorbing system (target)
and causing specific extent of damage
 Vulnerability: The extent to which the risk
absorbing system reacts to the stress induced
by the risk agent
 Resilience : The extent to which the risk
absorbing system has the capacity to cope
with stress induced by the risk agent

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Main Objectives for Resilience
1.to guarantee the functional continuity
service in times of stress and disaster
2.to limit the extent of losses and
impacts if the service is discontinued
3.to ensure fast recovery if the provider
of the service is unable to continue to
provide the needed service

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Requirements for Inclusive Risk and Disaster
Governance
a. Organizational structure with emphasis on:
 distributed intelligence and operations but
strong efforts to foster a common organizational
culture and identity and
promoting auditing, supervision, and organizational
learning.
a. Adaptive management procedures, including:
 regular revisiting of goals, means, and procedures
 and conducting internal/external reviews
a. Use of IT-tools and open access services to
prove a common communication platform for all
actors involved
b. Create a learning environment that provides
incentives for all actors to improve performance